Polyglot Dictionary

still

/ʃtɪl/

adjective A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. quiet, silent, still

    • Im Wald war es ganz still.

      It was completely quiet in the forest.

Similar words

stumm

still describes a quiet place or situation; stumm specifically describes a person not speaking, mute.

Similar in other languages

English

calm

still (quiet) and calm overlap closely -- a still room is usually a calm one too.

Practice

1 What does still mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im Wald war es ganz ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches still?

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